June 20, 2013

Call for Papers: AALS Defamation and Privacy Section

The AALS Section
on Defamation and Privacy invites papers for its program on “Children’s Privacy Rights Against their
Parents” for the Annual Meeting, to be held on January 2-5, 2014 in New
York.

Topic Description: Electronic
surveillance technology and social media have significantly changed childhood
in the Twenty-First Century. The digitization and electronic monitoring of children
have altered the parent-child relationship and have significant ramifications
for children’s privacy. At the same time, privacy scholars’ discussion of
children’s privacy has focused mainly on the privacy of children from third
parties, such as companies that collect personal information on the Internet.
Similarly, family law scholars have paid little attention to children’s
privacy, limiting the discussion to medical decision-making, and particularly
abortion decisions. Yet, few have explored whether children have a general
right to privacy against their parents.

The panel will
explore areas of tension involving privacy rights of children against their
parents. Panelists will address, among other issues, the impact of parental
electronic surveillance online and offline, such as GPS monitoring and use of
software to monitor online surfing. It will also explore potential parental
privacy threatening activities online, such as posting information on children
on Facebook or intervening in the creation of a child online persona.

This program is
co-sponsored by the Section on Juvenile and Family Law and the Section on
Children and the Law.

Eligibility: Full-time
faculty members of AALS member law schools are eligible to submit papers.
Pursuant to AALS rules, faculty at fee-paid law schools, foreign faculty,
adjunct and visiting faculty (without a full-time position at an AALS member
law school), graduate students, fellows, and non-law school faculty are not
eligible to submit. Please note that all faculty members presenting at the
program are responsible for paying their own annual meeting registration fee
and travel expenses.

Submission: 1-2
papers will be selected from this call for papers. There is no formal
requirement as to the form or length of proposals. Preference will be given to
proposals that are substantially complete papers. However, shorter proposals
will also be considered. Papers will be selected by the Section’s Program
Committee. Please email submissions to Gaia Bernstein at: gaia.bernstein@shu.edu no later than August
15, 2013.